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chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

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APPENDIX II<br />

GLOSSARY OF CHESS TERMINOLOGY<br />

THrs glosary lists the commonest <strong>chess</strong> ierns in French, Getuan, Ila,ian, Magyar, Rusian, and<br />

spanish, and is inteded as o aid <strong>to</strong> EnSlish readeB vishing <strong>to</strong> consull ches books publishcd in those<br />

FRENCI:I<br />

p <strong>to</strong> hotios. p<strong>to</strong>f,orion (of<br />

.o-rnu^o,, ombination<br />

couP, nde<br />

.lafle (D), qne.n<br />

defw, deten@<br />

dcu, t*o<br />

dioeonale, dia9onal<br />

achet check<br />

ouvenure. openinc<br />

pa,, slalemale<br />

pedre. <strong>to</strong>sc<br />

perr?,loss<br />

pi?ce, piece<br />

pi?g.i i^p<br />

pion (P), pawn<br />

posi,@tr, posiriod<br />

n.hec .t mat, checlnate<br />

i./ied, ches<br />

ichecs faetiques.lairy cness prendte, take<br />

milieu de patrie, nid

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